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Re: Getting started

 

On 1 March 2010 14:45, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Roger,
>
> There is still some consolidation of the relevant information needed, but
> for a Linux server we have quite a bit of information starting on page 7 of
> the (latest build of the) documentation:
> http://dhis.uio.no/ci/job/Dhis2%20documentation/
>
> In general, if you already have Tomcat and a database engine (Postgres or
> Mysql) installed, it boils down a few steps:
>
> 1) Put the war file in tomcat/webapps
> 2) Create an environment variable called DHIS2_HOME set equal to the path
> to your configuration folder (placed anywhere you like).
> 3) Create a file called hibernate.properties in the configuration folder,
> pointing to your database. The manual has the settings for Postgres, for
> Mysql it should be along these lines:
>
> http://208.76.222.114/confluence/display/DOC/MySQL#MySQL-PrepareMySQLforDHIS2
>
>
This (more up to date) page has a lot of useful information for
administrators and developers, such as database config, memory setup hints,
manuals on important tools etc.
http://dhis2.com/development

Ola
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> When it comes to loading facilities I first recommend tools like PgAdmin or
> Toad. You first have to populate the Source table with facility primary
> keys, and then start with the top of the hierarchy (e.g. the country, then
> provinces, then districts, facilities) to ensure the foreign keys have
> references in the organisationunit table.
>
> Knut
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Friedman, Roger (CDC/CCID/NCHHSTP) (CTR)
> <rdf4@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>    Hi all.  Where are the installation instructions for server version
>> (Tomcat)?  Also, is there a detailed data model anywhere, I would like to
>> load facility list and shapefile relationships from existing  sources.  Also
>> more information on patient-level data.
>> Thanks, Roger
>>
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>
> --
> Cheers,
> Knut Staring
>
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